ZFIN Lab: Ignatius Lab

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-170208-2

Ignatius Lab

PI/Director:	Ignatius, Myron
Contact Person:	Ignatius, Myron
Email:	ignatius@uthscsa.edu
URL:
Address:	Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute UT Health Sciences Center 8403 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas
Country:	United States
Phone:	210-562-9030
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Line Designation:	None assigned

GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB No data available

STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

LAB MEMBERS

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Ignatius, M.S., Hayes, M.N., Moore, F.E., Tang, Q., Garcia, S.P., Blackburn, P.R., Baxi, K., Wang, L., Jin, A., Ramakrishnan, A., Reeder, S., Chen, Y., Nielsen, G.P., Chen, E.Y., Hasserjian, R.P., Tirode, F., Ekker, S.C., Langenau, D.M. (2018) tp53 deficiency causes a wide tumor spectrum and increases embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma metastasis in zebrafish.. eLIFE. 7:

Hayes, M.N., McCarthy, K., Jin, A., Oliveira, M.L., Iyer, S., Garcia, S.P., Sindiri, S., Gryder, B., Motala, Z., Nielsen, G.P., Borg, J.P., van de Rijn, M., Malkin, D., Khan, J., Ignatius, M.S., Langenau, D.M. (2018) Vangl2/RhoA Signaling Pathway Regulates Stem Cell Self-Renewal Programs and Growth in Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cell Stem Cell. 22:414-427.e6

Ignatius, M.S., Hayes, M.N., Lobbardi, R., Chen, E.Y., McCarthy, K.M., Sreenivas, P., Motala, Z., Durbin, A.D., Molodtsov, A., Reeder, S., Jin, A., Sindiri, S., Beleyea, B.C., Bhere, D., Alexander, M.S., Shah, K., Keller, C., Linardic, C.M., Nielsen, P.G., Malkin, D., Khan, J., Langenau, D.M. (2017) The NOTCH1/SNAIL1/MEF2C Pathway Regulates Growth and Self-Renewal in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cell Reports. 19:2304-2318

Tenente, I.M., Hayes, M.N., Ignatius, M.S., McCarthy, K., Yohe, M., Sindiri, S., Gryder, B., Oliveira, M.L., Ramakrishnan, A., Tang, Q., Chen, E.Y., Petur Nielsen, G., Khan, J., Langenau, D.M. (2017) Myogenic regulatory transcription factors regulate growth in rhabdomyosarcoma. eLIFE. 6

Tang, Q., Moore, J.C., Ignatius, M.S., Tenente, I.M., Hayes, M.N., Garcia, E.G., Torres Yordán, N., Bourque, C., He, S., Blackburn, J.S., Look, A.T., Houvras, Y., Langenau, D.M. (2016) Imaging tumour cell heterogeneity following cell transplantation into optically clear immune-deficient zebrafish. Nature communications. 7:10358

Ignatius, M.S., Hayes, M., Langenau, D.M. (2016) In Vivo Imaging of Cancer in Zebrafish. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 916:219-37

Tang, Q., Abdelfattah, N.S., Blackburn, J.S., Moore, J.C., Martinez, S.A., Moore, F.E., Lobbardi, R., Tenente, I.M., Ignatius, M.S., Berman, J.N., Liwski, R.S., Houvras, Y., Langenau, D.M. (2014) Optimized cell transplantation using adult rag2 mutant zebrafish. Nature Methods. 11(8):821-4

Chen, E.Y., Deran, M.T., Ignatius, M.S., Grandinetti, K.B., Clagg, R., McCarthy, K.M., Lobbardi, R.M., Brockmann, J., Keller, C., Wu, X., Langenau, D.M. (2014) Glycogen synthase kinase 3 inhibitors induce the canonical WNT/β-catenin pathway to suppress growth and self-renewal in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111(14):5349-54

Le, X., Pugach, E.K., Hettmer, S., Storer, N.Y., Liu, J., Wills, A.A., Dibiase, A., Chen, E.Y., Ignatius, M.S., Poss, K.D., Wagers, A.J., Langenau, D.M., and Zon, L.I. (2013) A novel chemical screening strategy in zebrafish identifies common pathways in embryogenesis and rhabdomyosarcoma development. Development (Cambridge, England). 140(11):2354-64

Ignatius, M.S., Unal Eroglu, A., Malireddy, S., Gallagher, G., Nambiar, R.M., and Henion, P.D. (2013) Distinct Functional and Temporal Requirements for Zebrafish Hdac1 during Neural Crest-Derived Craniofacial and Peripheral Neuron Development. PLoS One. 8(5):e63218

Ignatius, M.S., Chen, E., Elpek, N.M., Fuller, A.Z., Tenente, I.M., Clagg, R., Liu, S., Blackburn, J.S., Linardic, C.M., Rosenberg, A.E., Nielsen, P.G., Mempel, T.R., and Langenau, D.M. (2012) In Vivo imaging of tumor-propagating cells, regional tumor heterogeneity, and dynamic cell movements in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancer Cell. 21(5):680-693

Blackburn, J.S., Liu, S., Raimondi, A.R., Ignatius, M.S., Salthouse, C.D., and Langenau, D.M. (2011) High-throughput imaging of adult fluorescent zebrafish with an LED fluorescence macroscope. Nature Protocols. 6(2):229-241

Ignatius, M.S., and Langenau, D.M. (2011) Fluorescent imaging of cancer in zebrafish. Methods in cell biology. 105:437-459

Ignatius, M.S., and Langenau, D.M. (2009) Zebrafish as a Model for Cancer Self-Renewal. Zebrafish. 6(4):377-387

Ignatius, M.S., Moose, H.E., El-Hodiri, H.M., and Henion, P.D. (2008) colgate/hdac1 repression of foxd3 expression is required to permit mitfa-dependent melanogenesis. Developmental Biology. 313(2):568-583

Ignatius, M.S. (2008) Zebrafish Hdac1 is reiteratively and differentially required during neural crest cell development and Hdac1 is a positive regulator of the non canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Ph.D. Thesis.

Nambiar, R.M., Ignatius, M.S., and Henion, P.D. (2007) Zebrafish colgate/hdac1 functions in the non-canonical Wnt pathway during axial extension and in Wnt-independent branchiomotor neuron migration. Mechanisms of Development. 124(9-10):682-698